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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sorry I'm just seeing this. You did amazing work here (though I wish it wasn't necessary) and I'm honored to have had the chance to offer some support! I'm glad to be in community with you!

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Aug 31

Today on Weight And Healthcare I answer a reader's question "It seems like every other day I see a new supposed use for the GLP drugs. This just seems fishy to me. Are they really some kind of all purpose wonder drug?"
Read all about it: weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/reader-que...

Reader Question - All These Other GLP-1 Uses

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!

weightandhealthcare.substack.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Mar 12

"I think we really need to put our values into action. And if we're really here to serve patients and to advocate for patients, then we need to push back in whatever ways that we can, and for me, this is my way of pushing back." Celeste Royce, MD

Doctors Sue HHS for Removing Patient Safety Papers

'This is my way of pushing back,' one of the physicians said

www.medpagetoday.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Mar 11

Today in donald's regime: Taking a billion dollars away from local farms and ranches to facilitate taking food away from hungry children. But the rich will get tax cuts so it all works out I guess?
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/u...

USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases

The School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria workers and directors, said that the USDA cut the $660 million Local Food for Schools program.

www.cnbc.com

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Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon @ksvarnon.bsky.social · Mar 5

Seeing the laughably bad takes on Rep. Al Green's stand last night, including by never-trumper darlings like Adam Kinzinger. Do you really think a 77-year-old Black man who was born and raised in the Jim Crow South and didn't have the right to vote until he was an adult needs a lecture on optics? 1

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · Mar 3

Here's what big companies know: the average consumer doesn't have the resources they need to fight back to protect themselves against corporate scams or greed.

That's where the CFPB comes in and why we're fighting tooth and nail to defend it.

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Mar 3

#lolsob

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Image of a cross stitch mimicking the message you get when you die in the old computer game Oregon Trail that says “YOU LISTENED TO RFK”

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Mar 3

"We could find alternate ways of publishing it, I guess," he said. "And I think we don't want to legitimize this process of what's happened. I think it would be a mistake. It would be a disservice, actually, to cave in. I think people do need to stand up and say, this is not okay."

Researchers Refuse to Alter Patient Safety Papers to Comply With Trump Orders

'As a matter of principle, it's not a good idea to give into this,' one said

www.medpagetoday.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Mar 2

"we have been locked out of our computers, and have no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work... We’re supposed to return our equipment, but can’t use our email to find out how or where....we came to the government to fix things. And we’re not done with this work yet"

John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Mar 1

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

We're not done yet | 18F

18f.org

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

Love to see it. There are far more people who support diversity, equity, &inclusion than don't. Profit is the love language of biz. For those who are able (not everyone is) we have real opportunities to drive change through our dollars (or lack thereof) to companies bowing and kowtowing to bigotry.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Feb 27

January 24th, 2025 was the day that Target announced it’s rolling back DEI efforts. Keep up the good work.

This is a screenshot of Target’s share prices. At the top it says “122.50 UsD -36.18 (-22.80%) + past 6 months
Closed: Feb 27, 5:55 PM EST • Disclaimer
After hours 122.90 +0.40 (0.33%)”

Then there is a plot of the share price from October 2024 to the present day, represented by a red line. The date of January 24, 2025 has been highlighted. The red line of the share price ticks up a bit on the 27th, and then begins a steady march downward from there. The stock is down 36% over the past 6 months

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

Nope, different thing. This is coffee beans roasted for less time & lower temp. Monster is Citric Acid, Erythritol, Taurine, Caffeine and some other stuff. I hate the taste of Monster almost as much as coffee but I know lots of people who love it!

RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

Some answers here: www.dutchbros.com/news-events/...

Dutch Bros | White Coffee: Is it everything you’ve been searching for?

Dutch Bros Coffee is a privately held drive-through coffee chain headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, with company-owned and franchise locations throughout the western United States.

www.dutchbros.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

I don't think it's just a Dutch Bros thing - Julianne got some that we can brew at home from two brands: Poverty Bay and Baristas.

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

I learned about it from a Dutch Bros barista. It lets you get all the delicious flavored syrups (my favorite is a mocha hazelnut) without any coffee taste and, I can't stress this enough, about twice the caffeine!
www.dutchbros.com/news-events/...

Dutch Bros | White Coffee: Is it everything you’ve been searching for?

Dutch Bros Coffee is a privately held drive-through coffee chain headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, with company-owned and franchise locations throughout the western United States.

www.dutchbros.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 28

I have recently discovered white coffee - twice the caffeine and doesn't taste like coffee (which I loathe)? Amazing! If you knew about this perfect beverage and didn't tell me, we're in a fight now.

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 27

CNN used the Freedom of Information Act to for records related to the security clearances for Musk and DOGE. An OPM email responded, “Good luck with that” — the staff responsible for responding to FOIA requests at OPM had been fired.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to ...

www.cnn.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 27

Jeff Bezos: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets... viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

David Maraniss @davidmaraniss.bsky.social · Feb 26

One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 26

Me when I have to press and hold a bar to prove I'm not a bot and get to the website I want to see (even though I understand the utility of doing so.)

a cartoon panda is making a funny face

ALT: a cartoon panda is making a funny face

media.tenor.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 26

Workshop tomorrow with Dr. Lisa Erlanger. It feels like the right time to talk about weight neutral options for managing blood pressure. All registrants get a recording and there is a pay-what-you-can option so money isn't a barrier.
Register: danceswithfat.org/monthly-onli...

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Weight-Neutral Blood Pressure Management

Lisa Erlanger, MD

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Picture of a fat white woman with short curly brown hair smiling in pink glasses in a salmon tank top with a black overshirt

video of talk and Q&A provided to all registrants pay-what-you-can-afford option available

Blame-free, shame-free, non-diet options

bit.ly/dwfMonthlyWorkshop

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Feb 18

The global South is leading in keeping us all safe.
1.Rwanda &Tanzania contained marburg outbreaks
2.Uganda is fighting Ebola
3. DRC is fighting #mpox
Knowledge can flow from the global South to North. With CDC EIS gutted, consider Africa CDC's AES
www.globalsouthopportunities.com/2025/02/17/a...

Africa CDC Call for Applications: The African Epidemic Service Program 2025 (AES) - Empowering Africa's Public Health Workforce - Global South Opportunities

In an increasingly interconnected world, the rapid spread of disease can pose significant challenges to public health systems. The African continent, with its

www.globalsouthopportunities.com

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 18

"Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for the next six months and instructed prosecutors to refrain from bringing FCPA cases."

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 18

Bribery unbound

The most unabashedly corrupt president in American history

robertreich.substack.com

RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 17

A beautiful story that I wish never needed to happen.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED

A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.

www.kqed.org

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · Feb 6

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 7

Petty and anti-fascist? Even better!

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RagenChastain @ragenchastain.bsky.social · Feb 7

Activism works. One DOGGIE down.

Katherine Long

@klong.bsky.social

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a "eugenic immigration policy," and wrote, "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."

He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts

A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S....

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